ROCKHOUNDS REPORT: Midland prevails in slugfest against Frisco

Staff reports

Published 5:51 pm, Wednesday, August 5, 2015

ROCKHOUNDS 8, ROUGHRIDERS 7

At Security Bank Ballpark

TOP HITTERS: Midland shortstop Chad Pinder ended up being the hero, as he belted a grand slam to right field in the bottom of the second. He finished 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. ...RockHounds catcher Bruce Maxwell finished 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs. ... Frisco shortstop Drew Robinson led the RoughRiders by going 2-for-4 with three runs driven in and a pair of runs scored.

TOP PITCHER: Midland reliever Jonathan Joseph came on to pitch in the eighth inning. He held Frisco to a single hit while striking out one in his lone frame of work.

HIGHLIGHTS: Midland jumped out to a big lead early after an explosive six-run, second inning. A wild pitch scored Matt Olson for a 1-0 RockHounds lead. Maxwell’s RBI single made it 2-0 and then Pinder’s grand slam stretched the ‘Hounds’ lead to 6-0. ... Robinson clubbed a two-run long ball in the top of the third, but Maxwell answered with one of his own in the bottom of the inning to make it 8-2, Midland. ... Frisco went on to score five unanswered runs and had the tying run on second in the top of the ninth before Tucker Healy recorded the final out.

NOTES: Pinder hit his 13th home run of the season in the second inning and leads the Texas League in runs batted in with 68. ... After his 2-for-4 night, Ryon Healy has raised his season batting average to .293. ... Colin Walsh got a rare start in left field for Midland on Wednesday. .. Despite surrendering 10 hits in the game, Sean Manaea picked up his second win of the year for Midland. ... After Midland’s win Wednesday, the RockHounds hold a three and a half game lead for first place in the second-half TL South standings.